Informal reasoning and education / edited by James F. Voss, David N. Perkins, Judith W. Segal.

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Informal reasoning science -- informal reasoning in the medical profession -- Informal reasoning and international relations -- Informal reasoning in the judicial system -- Everyday reasoning and the roots of intelligence -- Informal reasoning in inner city children -- Contexts of informal reasoning -- Informal reasoning and informal logic -- Beliefs about thinking -- Example based reasoning -- Informal reasoning in decision theory -- Rhetoric and informal reasoning -- Intuitive belief systems and informal reasoning in cognitive development -- The development of argumentative -- Modes and models of informal reasoning -- On mathematics and sense making -- Nonformal reasoning in experts and in science students -- Informal reasoning in high school history -- Higher order thinking in the teaching of social studies -- Informal reasoning and writing instruction -- Structured teaching for critical thinking and reasoning in standard subject area instruction -- Informal reasoning assessment.